Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) shows than King's College London (KCL) has gone from awarding first class honours to 25% of its students in 2015 to 41.1% in 2022. The 16.1% jump in first class attainment came mainly at the expense of second class degrees, which fell by 10.1% over this period.
Is UCL or King's harder to get into? Both UCL and KCL have rigorous admission standards reflecting their esteemed reputations and high demand for places. UCL typically receives more applications due to its global standing and extensive course offerings, resulting in a slightly more competitive admissions process.
Our conditional offers are based on three A-level subjects. If you are studying four or more A-level subjects, we will take the highest three grades into consideration for assessment. High achievement in additional A-level subjects may compensate for an applicant who narrowly fails to achieve the A-level offer.
King's College London does not make Unconditional offers to applicants until they have satisfied our academic conditions of entry (e.g. three A Levels or a completed International Baccalaureate), and we will not make Unconditional offers on the basis of predicted grades or GCSE marks.
Waiting for a decision King's aims to make decisions on applications within 4-8 weeks, though some of our very competitive postgraduate taught programmes operate a 'gathered field' process for applicants who meet the advertised entry requirements and may therefore take longer.
The letter should begin “Your Majesty", then if you refer to the king in the text you should use “Sir", and you finish “I remain Your Majesty's most humble servant" followed by your signature underneath, with your name printed underneath the signature.
Wherever possible, we aim to provide a final decision within 8-12 weeks of application receipt.
If communicating directly with a member of the Royal Family the letter should begin 'Sir/Madam' and end 'I have the honour to remain, Sir/Madam, Your Royal Highness's most humble and obedient servant'. In the body of the letter substitute 'Your Royal Highness' for 'you' and 'Your Royal Highness's' for 'your'.
In Writing For those who do wish to write directly to The King, the letter should begin 'Sir' or 'May it please Your Majesty'. It ends with 'I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your Majesty's most humble and obedient subject' and then your name.
In Writing Unless you are personally known to The King or The Queen or another member of the royal family you should address your letter to a Private Secretary, Equerry or Lady in Waiting, asking for the subject of the letter be known to His or Her Majesty. Envelope: The Private Secretary to The King (for example).